Know Definition
- misunderstand
- be ignorant of
- be oblivious of
- ignore
- misinterpret
- forget
- be ignorant
- To have sexual relations with (someone).
- Possessing special or secret information.
- Used parenthetically in conversation, as to fill pauses or educe the listener's agreement or sympathy:
Please try to be, you know, a little quieter. How were we supposed to make camp in a storm like that, you know?
- having confidential information
- to be aware that one could or should act better or think more correctly
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Know
Origin of Know
from Indo-European: Latin cognoscō (Spanish conocer, French connaître, Italian conoscere, Portuguese conhecer), Ancient Greek γνωρίζω (gnōrizō, “I know”) and γνῶσις (gnōsis, “knowledge”), Albanian njoh (“I know, recognise”), and Persian شناختن (šenāxtæn, “to know”).
From Wiktionary
from Proto-Germanic: Old High German knājan (“to know, recognise”), Old Norse knā (“to know how”), Dutch and German kennen, West Frisian kenne
From Wiktionary
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Middle English knouen from Old English cnāwan gnō- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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